Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Prasino St. Charles opened to the public on Monday in the Streets of St. Charles development, located near the Interstate 70 and Fifth Street intersection.
Prasino St. Charles, the environmentally friendly restaurant that was announced to be coming to the Streets of St. Charles in January, is now open. Prasino, which is Greek for "green", focuses on locally-sourced ingredients and uses organic, all-natural, steroid- and hormone- free foods. More news on Prasino: The restaurant will be open for breakfast through dinner, serving up items like a roasted beet salad, short rib tacos, Wisconsin ribeye and sushi rolls. Hours are set for 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Prasino will be located in an 8,500 square foot space and will seat 280 inside and 90 outside. It is the second new restaurant to open at Streets of St. Charles in 2013—Tucanos Brazilian Grill opened in February. Read a review…
Monday, March 11, 2013
Art Institute of St. Louis students participated in cooking competition for a chance to work at new eco-friendly restaurant.
Eight teams of culinary students from the Art Institute of St. Louis went head-to-head in a cooking competition Friday. All were vying for the opportunity to put a dish on the menu of Prasino, the new eco-friendly restaurant going in the Streets of St. Charles development at Fifth Street and Interstate 70. Prasino teamed with the Art Institute of St. Louis on the cooking contest to offer students a way to integrate their classroom experience into the real world. “This is definitely a way we can create a relationship with the Art Institute and allow students to do a stage, an unpaid time in the kitchen, done for experience," Prasino Executive Chef Jared Case said. The students presented a salad and an entree to the judges who included Case…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Executive Chef Jared Case will relocate to the St. Louis area to run the new Prasino restaurant, which is expected to open in April.
The design for a new eco-friendly restaurant coming to St. Charles was inspired by the Soulard Farmers Market. Prasino will open in April in the Streets of St. Charles development, at the corner of Fifth Street and Interstate 70 in St. Charles. The St. Charles location will be the third Prasino restaurant in the country, with the other two in Chicago. A fourth location in Rosemont, IL, is slated to open in August. Ephi Maglaris, marketing director, said the company handling the design for the project was inspired by vintage slatted vegetable crates at the Soulard Farmers Market. All of the Prasino restaurants are based on the concept of green living, from using reclaimed or recyled materials to build the restaurant to offering organic …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Eco-friendly restaurant will offer organic and gluten-free fare.
An environmentally friendly restaurant announced plans to open at the Streets of St. Charles Development in April. Prasino, which is Greek for "green", plans to expand to its first location in the St. Louis area and third overall this spring. The restaurant focuses on locally-sourced ingredients and uses organic, all-natural, steroid and hormone free foods, according to a press release. The restaurant will be open for breakfast through dinner, serving up items like a roasted beet salad, short rib tacos, Wisconsin ribeye and sushi rolls. Hours are set for 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Prasino will be located in an 8,500 square foot space and will seat 280 inside and 90 outside. It will be the second new restaurant to open at …
Robert Frick
9:12 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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